Producer Janet Yang arrives at China's first Film Awards, Huading Film Awards, in Hollywood, California June 1, 2014. - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences elected film producer Janet Yang as its new president, the group behind the Oscars announced Tuesday.
Yang, best known for hits including "The Joy Luck Club" and "The People vs. Larry Flynt," becomes the fourth woman elected to run Hollywood's most elite group of filmmakers, and the first of Asian origin. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP)